New interview with a former guard with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Bruce Smith, produced and directed by Preston Randolph, Cactus Productions, LLC. Also visit http://www.windchasesthesun.com.

"New legislation allows the department to impose a $25 fee on adults who wish to visit inmates at any of the 15 prison complexes that house state prisoners. The one-time “background check fee” for visitors, believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, has angered prisoner advocacy groups and family members of inmates, who in many cases already shoulder the expense of traveling long distances to the remote areas where many prisons are located."

Attica Solidarity Statement from the San Quentin Six (09/07/2011)

Greetings:

We here just finished commemorating the 40th anniversary of the
assassination of our beloved Comrade George Jackson. Not forgotten by
us was the horrific massacre perpetrated by the state of New York at Attica.

Thursday, September 08, 2011

REMEMBERING ATTICA

  TimeFriday, September 16 · 7:00pm - 10:00pmLocationEastSide Cultural Center: 2277 International Blvd, Oakland CACreated ByCritical ResistanceMore InfoDRAWING INSPIRATION 40 YEARS & COUNTING:
LIVING THE LEGACY OF ATTICA & GEORGE JACKSON

Troy Davis is scheduled to be executed on September 21st, just two weeks from today.

Friday, September 9th - 7pm Sharp
518 Valencia Street - San Francisco
Attica - The Restored 1974 Film

Discussion with:

Azadeh Zohrabi - UC Hastings Race & Poverty Law Journal
Dennis Cunningham - Original Attica Attorney
Manuel La Fontaine - about connecting the dots to Georgia, Ohio and California prison strikes

Prison unrest in the United States hit a boiling point on September 9,
1971, when inmates at Attica State Prison after months of protesting
inhumane living conditions rebelled, seizing part of the prison and

It is with great happiness that we can finally say the case against the San Francisco 8 is over and all remaining charges against Francisco Torres have been dropped!  This has been a long battle (almost 5 years) for the brothers, their families & friends, and community members who all fought endlessly against this racist 38 year old case.

Long abandoned by many states, the practice is a last resort for California authorities struggling to thwart gang activity and extract information from the most hardened members. Critics say it amounts to torture. U.S. prisons typically reserve solitary confinement for inmates who commit serious offenses behind bars. In California, however, suspected gang members, even those with clean prison records.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A lockup along the shores of Lake Erie has become the first state prison in the nation to be sold to a private company.

Lake Erie Correctional Institution in northeastern Ohio’s Ashtabula County is the only one of five state prisons up for sale that will be sold, state officials said Thursday. Corrections Corporation of America will buy it for $72.7 million, more than the $50 million needed from the privatization effort to balance the state’s prison budget.